When Stefan confronts Damon with a suspicion about Elena, Damon has no choice but to help Stefan investigate. Searching for answers, Damon and Stefan visit modern day New Orleans to see if they can find anyone who remembers the events of their last visit in 1942, including one of Damon's former flames, Charlotte. Elena, Caroline and Bonnie share a girls' night while the Salvatore brothers are out of town, and emotions run high when Elena delivers some shocking news. At Hayley's urging, Tyler confronts one of Klaus' hybrids, Kimberly, and the situation quickly escalates into violence. Finally, Damon is faced with a heartbreaking decision.

Recap

The episode begins and Damon wakes up Elena is still there, in her underwear. He's happy. Caroline wants to go to Tyler for advice on the sire bond. Tyler, Hayley and Kim, who broke her bond, oversee Adrian's attempts to break the sire bond to Klaus. At his house, Damon tries to convince Elena to wait to tell Stefan about them, just for one day. She agrees. At school, Elena invites Caroline and Bonnie over to the Salvatores. Bonnie has some new small spells from Shane she wants to try. Shane comes back to his office to find Hayley rooting through his stuff. Once she brings him 12 unsired hybrids, he'll give her information on her biological parents. ..

Elena: What is that face?Damon: What face?Elena: That face!Damon: I'm happy.

Damon: Is it impossible to think that she can have feelings for me?Stefan: No, it's impossible for her to be so blind that she doesn't see how wrong you are for her.Damon: You doing what's best for her, or what's best for you?

Elena: Do you girls have any plans tonight? I'm in desperate need of some girl talk.Bonnie: Yeah, I'm in! Shane taught me some small spells I've been wanting to try.Caroline: Oh, creepy professor guys is Shane now.Bonnie: He's not...he's not creepy.Elena: We're not judging.Caroline: I am.

Lexi: Stefan is better off alone, than with you.Damon: What makes you think I'm not balanced and restrained?Lexi: The fact you never have been.

Stefan: You know, prove me you're wrong. Tell her it's okay to drink from a blood bag.Damon: She can't. Her weird doppelgänger body rejected the blood from the bag.Stefan: Right, because you told her to. You said she had to drink warm human blood straight from the vein. She almost died to make you happy. Look, just ask her to drink from a blood bag. Tell her how happy you'll be if it works and if I'm wrong, I'll be the first who apologize.Damon: When her body rejects this blood, which it will, your apology better be epic.

Episode Goofs

Continuity:

When Elena leaves the Salvatore house for school, she is wearing a red scarf. When she arrives at school in the next scene, her scarf is gone.